On February 9, Beijing time, the Lakers faced the defending champion Bucks at home, and in the end, the Bucks defeated the Lakers 131-116 under the leadership of Brother Alphabet, welcoming four consecutive wins.
In this game, Westbrook once again encountered Vogel's abandonment, in the fourth quarter of the game, Westbrook did not get any playing time, and also encountered the home fans booing, this is the third time Westbrook has encountered abandonment, the first time against the Lakers against the Pacers, the second time was the Lakers' last overtime game against the Knicks.
In today's game, Wei Shao played a total of 26 minutes, 3 of 11 shots, 4 of 7 free throws, 10 points, 5 rebounds, 5 assists, 4 turnovers and 1 block, after the game, Wei Shao also expressed his slight dissatisfaction in an interview.
Wei Shao said: "I can't answer this question. To be honest, I shouldn't have been set to meet any metrics. I've done a lot of training and I'm well respected in the league... I won the right to be in the final line-up. The data will tell you why, and I don't have to explain that. ”
It is clear that Westbrook has a great deal of opinion about Vogel's re-abandonment, although after saying this, Westbrook also showed respect for Vogel and the Lakers coaching staff, saying that he would accept the coaching team's decision.
But throughout the Lakers' game, losing really shouldn't be a problem for Westbrook.
The first is the Lakers' defense
So far this season, the Lakers have averaged 110.9 points per game, ranking 12th in the league, and in front of the Lakers is the Golden State Warriors, also 110.9 points, from this point of view, the Lakers are not too much of a problem in offense, and you know, during this period, Thick Brow and James are also missing a lot of games, and it is indeed very difficult for the Lakers to play such an average of points per game.
The key factor of the Lakers is defense, in the first half of the game, the Lakers let the Bucks score nearly 80 points, especially in the second quarter of the game, the Bucks shot 14 of 18, so that the Bucks played a 77.8% shooting rate in a single quarter, although the Lakers also played a 68.4% shooting rate (13 in 19), but let the alphabet brother win 44 points in the whole game with a super high shooting rate of 17 of 20, the Lakers' defense is really unsightly.
Finally, there is the morale of the team.
In the third quarter of the game, the Bucks had a big problem, the third quarter of the Bucks 29 in 12, the shooting rate dropped to less than 50%, is a very good chance for the Lakers to chase points, but the Lakers in this section of the game did not play morale, more choices to give up this game, even if the Bucks shooting rate declined, the Lakers in this quarter, only won a 2-point advantage.
Looking at the Lakers' game, the overall strength and the Bucks are too different, the Lakers want to defeat the Bucks, it is a very difficult thing, but according to the current Lakers' offense, it will not be the situation of the Bucks hanging, and the occurrence of this situation, throwing the pot to Wei Shao alone, is indeed somewhat inappropriate.